Tuesday, March 8, 2016


Hi its Catherine, Some of the things that I enjoy in English class are doing group discussions because you’re able to hear each person’s opinion. Without the group discussions you won’t hear what peoples opinion is and it helps you with talking in front of a class.  Also, I think that having an option to do group or pair work is better because it allows you to ask you partner a question with a problem and you both can figure it out together. This also allows you to complete the classwork much faster with little stress.

 

Henrik Ibsen the author of “A Doll’s House” was born on March 20, 1828 in Skien, Norway. Henrik was the youngest of 5 children, his father was a successful merchant and his mother was a painter, loved going to the theater, and enjoyed  played the piano. Ibsen had shown an interest at a young age to become an artist. He spent much of his time as a youth reading, painting and performing magic tricks. At the age of 15, Henrik stopped going to school and went to work, he got a job as an apprentice at an apothecary in Grimstad and spent six years there. In 1849, Henrik wrote his first play Catilina which was modeled off of his great influences which was William Shakespear.

 

Henrik left Norway after being exiled in 1862 and settled in Italy for a short period of time. While there, he wrote Brand which was a five-act tragedy. In 1868, Henrik went to Germany and wrote A Doll’s House. The main character leaves her family to find her true self, also I believe it could be about an event that had occurred in Ibsen’s life that significantly affected him. The theme of the play would be seeking equal rights in marriage and that women are just as equal as men.

Henrik died on  May 23, 1906, Oslo, Norway.

 

 

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